For a little under $150, you can now directly sponsor marine conservation across one square kilometer of the Pacific Ocean, through a novel scheme announced this week by the tiny island of Niue.
Located halfway between Fiji and the Cook Islands, the vast waters of the"Rock of Polynesia" are home to coral reefs and undersea mountains that host diverse species, including sharks, dolphins, turtles and more.
Under the new plan, companies, philanthropies and individuals can pay 250 New Zealand dollars to protect and manage one or more square kilometers of water, called Ocean Conservation Commitments . But as technology has improved over the years, both in terms of fishing gear and also refrigeration of food, the amount harvested has increased, Brendon Pasisi, project manager of the Niue Ocean Wide Project, a public-private entity running the initiative, told AFP.
"It's a vast area to cover on patrol boats so we're looking at drones," said Premier Tagelagi, which the scheme will fund.at its highest point, Niue isn't in danger of being swamped by sea-level rise, as many other small island nations are. Angelo Villagomez, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and expert in indigenous-led conservation, praised the concept as a"very innovative model."
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